Entered into service in 1935, the OTO Mod. 35, together with the SRCM Mod. 35 and the Breda Mod. 35 represented the new generation of hand grenades with which the Regio Esercito faced the Second World War. It is an offense type hand grenade consisting of an aluminium body bomb painted red, contains 36 g of TNT that at the time of the explosion fragment a ball of lead containing lead pellets.[1]
The O.T.O. is the simplest of the three Mod.35 Types. The Allways fuze is driven by a lead ball held between a cone shaped cap and a spring loaded striker. An interesting feature is the design on the ball, it's a lead-wrapped assembly of small lead shot, intended to rupture at the moment of detonation, a safety feature. Since the grenade was an offensive type, designers didn't want to have a heavy part of the bomb flying far away from the intended point of detonation and possibly injuring the thrower. That's the reason why the ball should break into tiny parts at the moment of detonation.[2] The internal capsule contains the explosive and a primer/detonator tube. A thin wire ring locks the two body halves together at a specific place, fixing the overall length, so as not to bind the internal parts.
Operational use
To use, the pull tab with the attached safety strip is withdrawn, just prior to throwing, unlocking the safety lever. When thrown the lever was to catch the air and be pulled from the grenade, removing the safety bar from between the firing pin and the primer. This was an open terrain grenade, as some amount of time and distance was required to allow the mechanism to function properly, which it had a tendency not to do.
hand, grenade, issued, regio, esercito, during, world, typeoffensive, type, grenadeplace, originkingdom, italyservice, historyin, service1935, 1945used, byregio, esercitowarsspanish, civil, warworld, iiproduction, historymanufactureroto, melaraspecificationsma. The OTO Mod 35 was a hand grenade issued to the Regio Esercito during World War II OTO Mod 35TypeOffensive type grenadePlace of originKingdom of ItalyService historyIn service1935 1945Used byRegio EsercitoWarsSpanish Civil WarWorld War IIProduction historyManufacturerOTO MelaraSpecificationsMass150 gHeight75 mmDiameter50 mmFillingTNTFilling weight36 gDetonationmechanismPercussion on impact Contents 1 Description 1 1 Operational use 2 See also 3 Note 4 Bibliography 5 External linksDescription EditEntered into service in 1935 the OTO Mod 35 together with the SRCM Mod 35 and the Breda Mod 35 represented the new generation of hand grenades with which the Regio Esercito faced the Second World War It is an offense type hand grenade consisting of an aluminium body bomb painted red contains 36 g of TNT that at the time of the explosion fragment a ball of lead containing lead pellets 1 The O T O is the simplest of the three Mod 35 Types The Allways fuze is driven by a lead ball held between a cone shaped cap and a spring loaded striker An interesting feature is the design on the ball it s a lead wrapped assembly of small lead shot intended to rupture at the moment of detonation a safety feature Since the grenade was an offensive type designers didn t want to have a heavy part of the bomb flying far away from the intended point of detonation and possibly injuring the thrower That s the reason why the ball should break into tiny parts at the moment of detonation 2 The internal capsule contains the explosive and a primer detonator tube A thin wire ring locks the two body halves together at a specific place fixing the overall length so as not to bind the internal parts Operational use Edit To use the pull tab with the attached safety strip is withdrawn just prior to throwing unlocking the safety lever When thrown the lever was to catch the air and be pulled from the grenade removing the safety bar from between the firing pin and the primer This was an open terrain grenade as some amount of time and distance was required to allow the mechanism to function properly which it had a tendency not to do See also EditSRCM Mod 35 Breda Mod 35Note Edit Italian Army adoption Archived from the original on 2016 10 29 Bomb description on www inert ord net Bibliography EditLe armi e le artiglierie in servizio di F Grandi 1938 Enciclopedia delle armi Melita Editori La Spezia 1995 Dizionario delle armi di Letterio Musciarelli Milano 1978 Armi della fanteria italiana nella seconda guerra mondiale di Nicola Pignato 1978 External links Edithttp www regioesercito it armi bam oto35 htm http www talpo it o t o html https web archive org web 20160304074046 http www storiainsoffitta it ALFABETICO B Breda 20Mod 2035 20 20Bomba 20a 20mano 20Italia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title OTO Mod 35 amp oldid 1049027020, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
